Ahead Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ahead Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ahead Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
India61:127,844,230863,365
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ahead (70) may also be a first name.

Ahead Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ahead Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ahead (Arabic: لاهيد, Hindi: अहमद, Marathi: एहाद) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ahead.

How Common Is The Last Name Ahead? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ahead is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Ahead live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ahead is also the 1,162,016th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 70 people.

The last name is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,240,353. In Pakistan it is most common in: Sindh, where 82 percent reside and Punjab, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ashead9139/
Oahead912/
Aheyad911/
Ahejad911/
Aead89372/
Ahejhad834/
Aashead830/
Aeyad805/
Asead802/
Atead801/
Haead801/
Ohead801/
Acheat73108/
Oheads736/
Aheats732/
O'Head732/
Asheat731/
Hotead731/
Aoheed731/
Aeiyad731/
Ahijad731/
Ahiyad731/
Auheed731/
Hosead731/
Oaheyd731/
Haheid731/
Aheyat731/
Hoehad730/
Ashayed6723/
Achiyad6719/
Athayad6713/
Aoed678/
Asheyat676/
Aeat675/
Oaed674/
Athoyad674/
Asheyed672/
Achehat672/
Euad671/
Aeyd671/
Acheate671/
Ajtehad671/
Aisheat671/
Oead671/
Aeod671/

Ahead Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ahead in the Hindi language
अहमदahamada-
Ahead in the Marathi language
एहादehada-
Ahead in the Arabic language
لاهيدlahyd-
قدماqdma-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ahead
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